Frailty Syndrome and Clinical Measures in HIV/AIDS Patients

70% of patients in this cross-sectional study were classified as fragile. The research by Rayssa Bruna Holanda Lima evaluated frailty syndrome prevalence and its relationship with lung function, functional capacity, and disease-related variables in individuals diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. Data collection included the frailty phenotype, spirometry, manovacuometry, and the six-minute walk test.

Use Cases

• Predicting frailty status based on clinical and functional assessment scores.
• Analyzing the relationship between restrictive ventilatory disorders and functional capacity.
• Studying the prevalence of comorbidities in fragile versus pre-fragile patient groups.

Strengths

• Study includes quantitative data analysis with a 5% significance level.
• All patients were scored on the frailty criterion, providing a complete assessment.
• Multiple clinical measures were collected, including spirometry, manovacuometry, and a six-minute walk test.

Limitations

• Row count, column names, and sample data are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Rayssa Bruna Holanda Lima

Collection Method

Cross-sectional and descriptive study with quantitative data analysis.